Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has announced that Rambler.Ru portal, one of the
largest Russian Internet services and Email provider, has chosen Nokia
Intellisync Wireless Email as their strategic mobile email platform.
Rambler will offer mobile email, calendar, contacts and task
synchronization services, powered by Nokia Intellisync technology, to
its more than 20 million subscribers of Mail.Rambler.Ru. The service
will be available as standard application during the second half of
2007.
In Russia, only 5 percent of the population has broadband access*
which makes mobile email communication an important service for many
residents. The Russian telecommunication market is one of the
world's fastest growing markets with a penetration of more than 100
percent**, meaning that consumers are starting to use more than one SIM
card.
"To answer the huge demand for mobile email in Russia in the
long term, we needed a scalable platform that would be able to support a
variety of devices - both smartphones and lower-end mobile devices with
limited memory," said Dmitry Pleshakov, Director of portal,
Rambler. "Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email, with its support for
more than 100 different devices in addition to the Nokia Eseries
portfolio gave us the scalability, security and fast route to market
that we were looking for. I am confident that with Nokia we can deliver
the most robust and user-friendly mobile email to our customers."
"Rambler.Ru's decision to offer mobile email service for
their entire customer base supports our mission to provide mobile email
beyond the executive suite," said Scott Cooper, senior vice
president Mobility Solutions, Enterprise Solutions, Nokia. "With
our offering we are reducing costs related to mobile email and this way
giving consumers access to low cost, easy to use wireless email and
personal information management (PIM) services".
The integration of Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email solution into
Rambler.Ru's services portfolio is handled by Borlas Consulting
Group. Borlas, one of the leading consulting groups in application
consulting and integration in Russia, specializes in large business
projects with IT-components in the region. "We have recommended
Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email solution, as our extensive experience
in the business market shows that this product is superior to other
solutions with regards to reliability, scalability and device support
," said Sergei Gorkov, director of Mobile Solutions at Borlas
Consulting Group.
Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email is a part of the Nokia Intellisync
Mobile Suite, which provides access to powerful collaboration tools such
as email, contacts, calendar, device management and synchronization of
files, data, and business applications. Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email
works in any groupware environment - ISP, Microsoft Exchange, Lotus
Notes or Groupwise -- and can run on virtually any device platform,
including Symbian, Windows Mobile, and Palm.
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation
and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries.
Nokia makes a wide range of mobile devices and provides people with
experiences in music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games and
business mobility through these devices. Nokia also provides equipment,
solutions and services for communications networks.
For more information, visit http://www.nokia.com.
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